Artificial bait.



R. T. WILSON.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1913.

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v T RICHARD WILSON, 01' HASTINGS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO ABEN JOHNSON, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. WlLSON, a citizen of the United States, residin at Hastings, in the countyof Barry and tate of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of which the following is a'specification.

The invention relates to fishing and crabbing and more particularly to baits for. use

in connection with the same, and has for an object to provide an artificial bait for use in piscatorial pursuits.

. fication, in which similar characters of refi use is made of a fish-like body erence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. '3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guiding late, showin the manner of forming the 11 members t ereon.

Referring more particularly to the views, 10 provided with a longitudinally extending slit- 11 formed at the front end of the body and in which is mounted a guiding plate 12, preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal having the front edges thereof bent downwardly and inwardly and then bent outwardly or flared to form fin members 13.

An eyelet 14 is secured to the front or head end of the body 10 for the purpose of attaching the body to a fishing line, and a series of hooks 15 are supported in do ending position on the body 10 by means 0 suit- Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed January 29, 1918. Serial No. 744,988.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

able eyes 16 screwed into under" side and rear end of the. body, as shown.

The body 10 ,is preferably pointed or fashioned so that the body will pr sent the appearance of a fish and when %ie device is drawn rapidly through the wa er the par-- ticular construction of the fin members 13, as described, will cause the body to be advanced through the water beneath the surface thereof and in azigzag fashion. The body -10 is preferably formed of wood or cork and will readily float upon the surface the body in the of the water when the same is not being advanced through the water. It will be readily understood that the depth of the body 10 in the water, when the same is advanced in the water, depends upon the area and dimensions of the fin members 13 and the particular manner of forming the same, and it will be further understood that the fin members project in a flared manner from both sides of the forward end of the body, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2'.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim:

In an artificial bait, the combination with a fish-like body having a longitudinally extending horizontal slit projecting rearwardl from the head end of the body, of a gui ing plate having its medial portion lying in the said slit and rigidly held on the body, with the edges of the guiding pro ecting beyond the sides of the b0 and fin' members formed integrally with the guiding plate by bending-portions of the edges thereof downward y and inwardly and then outwardly,

with the said fin memplate bers inclined downwardly and forwardly from the rear end of the guiding plate and terminating at the head end of the said body.

in presence 0 two witnesses.

. RICHARD T. WILSON.

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' F. C. -UNDERH]L L,

C. L. LANes'roN.

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature- 

